Dogs are lost because of a lack of responsibility or something similar on the part of the owner. You don't just wake up one day and get a knock at the door from some big dude in a suit who says "OK, I'm taking your dog."
On Dec 1, 2009, at 1:33 PM, John W. Carty wrote: > I live in the U.S. and have used a guide dog since 1993. > > Each school here has a different policy concerning ownership. > > I have received all three of my guides from www.guidedogs.com out of > California. > > I cannot speak thru experience concerning other schools but gdb has a policy > that after one year a grad my apply for and receive ownership of the dog. > However, they retain the right to remove the dog from the grad at their > discretion. After the dog retires the ownership becomes permanent. > > I have heard of grads losing their dogs but I've never met anyone who has > experienced this. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Krister Ekstrom [mailto:kris...@kristersplace.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:54 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium > > Hi, > The difference, as i understand it, and correct me if i'm wrong here, is that > in the States, you actually own the dog. In Sweden it's the blindness > organization that owns the guide dogs, we just use them, borrow if you so > will and so taking a dog away is perfectly ok, if the owner so chooses. I > don't say it's good, i don't like the system myself, but there you have it. > /Krister > > > 1 dec 2009 kl. 17.05 skrev Mark BurningHawk Baxter: > >> Hell, I've had people call the cops on me and my guide dog--it was >> easier to convince the cop that no, I was not abusing the dog, that >> yes, the dog loved me and was a working animal, that the person who >> called them was uninformed... etc. If anyone wants to take a dog away >> from me, they're going to need a swat team. Maybe ... two swat teams... >> >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> >> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >> My home page: >> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
